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 TODO: create user file for initialization at provisioning
 
+[CAUTION]
+Debian AWS systems use a `motd` initialization causing problems.
+The user is logged out immediatly after a SSH login.
+Remove `x flag` from `11.motd` to avoid this.
+
+
 . install go `sudo yum install -y golang golang-bin`
 . install git `sudo yum install -y git-all`
 . install _chezmoi_ from git repo (see below)